The Star Of Bethlehem Is The Guiding Light Of God With the commencement of the New Year 2018, a new dawn emerges upon the world and upon the Armenian nation, and we, the descendents and faithful inheritors of the Armenian Church established by the Apostles, with exultation and glee once again embrace the Nativity and…

Over the four years of the Artsakh Liberation War, when the orphaned, often homeless children of more than 7,000 martyred freedom fighters and countless civilian casualties were in dire need of immediate assistance, the ARS was there

2018 is a big year for Armenians. It marks the centennial of the establishment of the first Armenian Republic on May 28th of 1918 after a 543-year period of statelessness and subjugation to foreign empires (Persian, Russian, and Turkish).

Armenian theater in Los Angeles offered stunningly little over the past year that was authentically new. Several pieces passed off as “new” by the community’s long-established theater artists were actually iterations of their typical output.

Antranig Kzirian, known by his stage name as theoudplayer, released new material in November. The recording project, named “nOUD,, is a concept grounded in the diverse, enriching and overall diaspora experience of an American Armenian oud player